Nye, Morning! You do remember “LSMFT”, I’ll stop here, we have children reading here! I heard the real meaning of those letters, from my Platoon Sergeant (PSG) when I was 18. Yes, he smoked Lucky Strikes, and snap his Zippo’s lighter!
Thankyou Tex! How’s that open carry working? The MSM, is having a conniption over this! It’s our right, I still prefer conceal carry. I bet the landed gentry at Harker Heights restaurant are looking very spiffy in their Sunday best, with Colts strapped!
We have had open carry in Michigan for quite a while, although almost nobody does it. It freaks some people out. It isn’t logical to be afraid of a gun you can see, while not being worried about concealed weapons. They are functionally identical.
Bingo. Open carry makes you a target. There are a few here who open carry. They really are not bothered (generally), but they also agree they would be the first target in a real situation. It is the principle for them. So be it. To each his or her 😉 own.
In reality, I doubt we shall see that many openly displaying their hardware. Most folks who CC down here don’t really like for anyone to know. No one I know is planning on doing so. Main reason is they would prefer not to go back and forth with the constabulary who may or may not be as well versed on the law. Small town with little guys carrying big guns.
Mornin’ Wee!
I guess I’m a psychopath that forces others to be psychopaths. Anyone who eats at my house or goes out to eat with me, knows I don’t allow the use of phones or other devices at the dinner table. I can control what you do at my table and I can get up and walk out in a public place.
I do it because it annoys me and is in my blood. My dad unplugged the telephone at dinner time, because he didn’t want it ringing and interrupting our dinner.
Cold! I’ll take that Texas cold any day! Have stoked the wood stove, gas logs on in living room, and thermostat set at 72*. Good day too open a bottle of sipping whiskey, hot cup of coffee, and football! Now this is “Tall Cotton”!
Morning Tex, be safe in your travels. And carry a big coffee mug. Why ain’t all these fancy computerized vehicles with televisions and built in media centers and heated seats got a coffee dispenser yet?
An old nun who was living in a convent next to a construction site noticed the coarse language of the workers and decided to spend some time with them to correct their ways.
She decided she would take her lunch and sit with them, so she put her sandwich in a brown bag and walked over to the spot where the men were eating.
Sporting a big smile, she walked up to the group and asked: “Any of you men know Jesus Christ?”
They shook their heads and looked at each other, very confused. Then one of the workers looked up into the steelworks and yelled out, “Anybody up there know Jesus Christ?”
One of the steelworkers yelled back down, “Why?”
The worker yelled back, “’Cause his mum’s here with his lunch.”
We watched “In the Heart of the Sea”. There is an odd philosophical exchange between the first mate and the captain on the deserted island while they get ready to leave in the repaired longboats.
The first mate’s position is that we are insignificant motes of dust and blah, blah.
The captain’s is that we were put here on earth by the creator to rule over the lesser creations.
The first mate’s position is from the Age of Enlightenment and is incomplete. It was the argument for religions all being fake and there is no God.
The “attempts to deceive men, in order to insure their happiness,” can only be those by which we are made to think too highly of ourselves. “Inhabitants of this pepper-corn, we think ourselves the peculiar favorites of Heaven, nay, the chief objects of care to a Being, the Maker of all; and then we imagine that, after this life, we are to be happy or miserable, according as we accede or not to this subjugation to opinions which enslave us. But truth and justice have broken these bonds.”–But where is the force of the argument which entitles this perfecter of the Newtonian philosophy to exult so much? It all rests on this, That this earth is but as a grain of mustard-seed. Man would be more worth attention had he inhabited Jupiter or the Sun. Thus may a Frenchman look down on the noble creatures who inhabit Orolong or Pelew. But whence arises the absurdity of the intellectual inhabitants of this pepper-corn being a proper object of attention? it is because our shallow comprehensions cannot, at the same glance, see an extensive scene, and perceive its most minute detail.
The captain’s position is most likely from Psalms.
David, a King, and a soldier had some notions of this kind. The heavens, it is true, pointed out to him a Maker and Ruler, which is more than they seem to have done to the Gallic philosopher; but David was afraid that he would be forgotten in the crowd, and cries out, “Lord! what is man, that thou art mindful of him?” But David gets rid of his fears, not by becoming a philosopher, and discovering all this to be absurd–he would still be forgotten–he at once thinks of what he is–a noble creature–high in the scale of nature. “But,” says he, “I had forgotten myself. Thou hast made man but a little lower than the angels–thou hast crowned him with glory and honor–thou hast put all things under his feet.” Here are exalted sentiments, fit for the creature whose ken pierces through the immensity of the visible universe, and who sees his relation to the universe, being nearly allied to its Sovereign, and capable of rising continually in his rank, by cultivating those talents which distinguish and adorn it.
I would like to point out that the captain is not a well liked character in the film.
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On the 10th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…something between THIS:
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…and THIS:
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Morning Mary!
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Afternoon, Col ! Bless you–and everyone–on this Sunday.
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The tenth day of Christmas, my true love forced upon me…
and ….
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Nye, Morning! You do remember “LSMFT”, I’ll stop here, we have children reading here! I heard the real meaning of those letters, from my Platoon Sergeant (PSG) when I was 18. Yes, he smoked Lucky Strikes, and snap his Zippo’s lighter!
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Beautiful Sunday folks 🙂
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Morning lovely! Cold and beautiful Sunday morning!
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Morning Col. cold and crisp here 😦
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https://twitter.com/Yair_Rosenberg/status/683425061836042241
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😀 😀 😀
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Your comments Ms.WeeWeed are too kind for this POS!
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LOL!
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😀
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Everyone e safe if you’ve got to travel today. Coffee’s up y’all. Enjoy as I’m off to ABQ in a bit. 🙂
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“be safe”
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Thankyou Tex! How’s that open carry working? The MSM, is having a conniption over this! It’s our right, I still prefer conceal carry. I bet the landed gentry at Harker Heights restaurant are looking very spiffy in their Sunday best, with Colts strapped!
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We have had open carry in Michigan for quite a while, although almost nobody does it. It freaks some people out. It isn’t logical to be afraid of a gun you can see, while not being worried about concealed weapons. They are functionally identical.
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Agree Stella, I prefer the element of surprise.
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Bingo. Open carry makes you a target. There are a few here who open carry. They really are not bothered (generally), but they also agree they would be the first target in a real situation. It is the principle for them. So be it. To each his or her 😉 own.
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In reality, I doubt we shall see that many openly displaying their hardware. Most folks who CC down here don’t really like for anyone to know. No one I know is planning on doing so. Main reason is they would prefer not to go back and forth with the constabulary who may or may not be as well versed on the law. Small town with little guys carrying big guns.
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We’ve had open carry in my state for a long time. You rarely see anyone who does it, other than the police.
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You be safe too, T – eat lotza messican whilst yer out there! Take a coat – it’s cold. 😀
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And, Mornin’ y’all!
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Love it! Good morning WeeWeed 🙂
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Mornin’ Lovely!
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Mornin’ lovely!
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Good morning Nyet 🙂
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Mornin’ WeeWeed! Yup. I get that sometimes.
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Mornin’ Boris! 😀
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Mornin’ Wee!
I guess I’m a psychopath that forces others to be psychopaths. Anyone who eats at my house or goes out to eat with me, knows I don’t allow the use of phones or other devices at the dinner table. I can control what you do at my table and I can get up and walk out in a public place.
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Mornin’ Michelle! I don’t do it either – simply because I’m a clod and can only do one thing at a time! 😀
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I do it because it annoys me and is in my blood. My dad unplugged the telephone at dinner time, because he didn’t want it ringing and interrupting our dinner.
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Mornin’ michellc!
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Mornin’!
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Morning michellc!
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Good morning!
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Morning Ms.WeeWeed!
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Mornin’ good Colonel!
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Cold! I’ll take that Texas cold any day! Have stoked the wood stove, gas logs on in living room, and thermostat set at 72*. Good day too open a bottle of sipping whiskey, hot cup of coffee, and football! Now this is “Tall Cotton”!
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Albuquerque mountain cold can be ugly – thass why I tole him to take a coat! 😉
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Yes, that Ft.Hood cold was always bone chilling, and the desert nights were chilly.
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WeeWeed has a point – it’s colder in Albuquerque right now than it is in Detroit.
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Hope your trip is productive and enjoyable!
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Safe travels Texan 🙂
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Mornin’ texan59!
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Our dear friend Clarice takes another swing at BillnHill and connects. 😆
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/12/trumping_hillary.html
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She generally hits a home run.
Morning Tex, be safe in your travels. And carry a big coffee mug. Why ain’t all these fancy computerized vehicles with televisions and built in media centers and heated seats got a coffee dispenser yet?
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https://youtu.be/bNs_lXFtXWs
http://www.autoblog.com/2012/07/12/fiat-500l-to-launch-with-worlds-first-in-car-coffee-maker-optio/
Fiat 500L to launch with world’s first in-car coffee maker option [w/video]
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Mornin’ Menagerie!
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Morning!
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Morning Menagerie!
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Excellent piece. I shall twit it to the universe at large. 😀
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*The media aren’t dealing with the usual Republican patsies any more.*
Amen!
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Good morning! Have to fill my mug from Tex’s coffee pot this morning – I need the caffeine.
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Good morning. Needing some extra caffeine this day. Fuzzy brained from lack of sleep and lack of tea running through the blood.
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Mornin’ stella!
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How about a laugh to start the day?
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Thank you Stella, there’s are Hot looking Women!!!
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THAT comment made my day, Col.
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Mornin’ all! Sunday breakfast!
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Garcias, B! Looks yoomie.
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Nye!!! Excellent! I’m digging in, some pepper please too darken those yokes before I dip some toast! Thank you Sir. Like,like,like!!!
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Mornin’ sir!
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An old nun who was living in a convent next to a construction site noticed the coarse language of the workers and decided to spend some time with them to correct their ways.
She decided she would take her lunch and sit with them, so she put her sandwich in a brown bag and walked over to the spot where the men were eating.
Sporting a big smile, she walked up to the group and asked: “Any of you men know Jesus Christ?”
They shook their heads and looked at each other, very confused. Then one of the workers looked up into the steelworks and yelled out, “Anybody up there know Jesus Christ?”
One of the steelworkers yelled back down, “Why?”
The worker yelled back, “’Cause his mum’s here with his lunch.”
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LOLOL!!!!
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We watched “In the Heart of the Sea”. There is an odd philosophical exchange between the first mate and the captain on the deserted island while they get ready to leave in the repaired longboats.
The first mate’s position is that we are insignificant motes of dust and blah, blah.
The captain’s is that we were put here on earth by the creator to rule over the lesser creations.
The first mate’s position is from the Age of Enlightenment and is incomplete. It was the argument for religions all being fake and there is no God.
The “attempts to deceive men, in order to insure their happiness,” can only be those by which we are made to think too highly of ourselves. “Inhabitants of this pepper-corn, we think ourselves the peculiar favorites of Heaven, nay, the chief objects of care to a Being, the Maker of all; and then we imagine that, after this life, we are to be happy or miserable, according as we accede or not to this subjugation to opinions which enslave us. But truth and justice have broken these bonds.”–But where is the force of the argument which entitles this perfecter of the Newtonian philosophy to exult so much? It all rests on this, That this earth is but as a grain of mustard-seed. Man would be more worth attention had he inhabited Jupiter or the Sun. Thus may a Frenchman look down on the noble creatures who inhabit Orolong or Pelew. But whence arises the absurdity of the intellectual inhabitants of this pepper-corn being a proper object of attention? it is because our shallow comprehensions cannot, at the same glance, see an extensive scene, and perceive its most minute detail.
The captain’s position is most likely from Psalms.
David, a King, and a soldier had some notions of this kind. The heavens, it is true, pointed out to him a Maker and Ruler, which is more than they seem to have done to the Gallic philosopher; but David was afraid that he would be forgotten in the crowd, and cries out, “Lord! what is man, that thou art mindful of him?” But David gets rid of his fears, not by becoming a philosopher, and discovering all this to be absurd–he would still be forgotten–he at once thinks of what he is–a noble creature–high in the scale of nature. “But,” says he, “I had forgotten myself. Thou hast made man but a little lower than the angels–thou hast crowned him with glory and honor–thou hast put all things under his feet.” Here are exalted sentiments, fit for the creature whose ken pierces through the immensity of the visible universe, and who sees his relation to the universe, being nearly allied to its Sovereign, and capable of rising continually in his rank, by cultivating those talents which distinguish and adorn it.
I would like to point out that the captain is not a well liked character in the film.
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